A strategic partnership agreement was signed between MBA Surgical Empowerment of Gijón, Spain, and Colorado-based Mighty Oak Medical, Inc. Thanks to the agreement, MBA Surgical Empowerment will market Mighty Oak Medical’s Firefly® surgical guide system in Spain and Portugal.
The Firefly surgical guide system provides a solution for improving pedicle screw placement in facilities that do not have surgical navigation available. With a patient’s preoperative CT images, a surgeon will receive an exact 3D-printed replica of his or her patient’s spine and a set of pedicle screw guides for exact placement of the pedicle screws.
The company reports pedicle screw placement accuracy of 99.7%, equivalent to navigated or even robotic assisted pedicle screw placement. CEO of MBA Surgical Empowerment, Carlos Marina, is pleased with the agreement and Mighty Oak’s product. “We are offering technology with demonstrated results, which provides safety benefits, less radiation exposure, and reduced surgical time, without the initial costs and with unmatched precision,” Marina said.
Similarly, Mighty Oak is happy that its product will reach more patients through distribution by MBA Surgical Empowerment. Mighty Oak President Heidi Frey is excited for “the opportunity to expand the scope of Firefly® as the solution of choice for spinal surgery. We look forward to working with surgeons in Spain and Portugal to achieve the best possible results for their patients.”
The Firefly system has been used to place over 15,000 screws globally. The system is similar to Medacta International’s MySpine™ system. Both are available for traditional pedicle screw trajectories as well as midline cortical trajectories. The Medacta system is only cleared for use with Medacta pedicle screws, whereas Mighty Oak’s system can be used on-label with any 510(k) cleared pedicle screw system.
